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Georgejetson
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posted 06-21-2020 02:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Georgejetson   Click Here to Email Georgejetson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've encountered the same patch twice over many years of collecting that were found amongst two different Apollo patch collections that I purchased.

It is a 4" patch of a neck and head image of an alligator. Green embroidered head on white cloth background inside an orange circle with an orange merrowed edge; no tail.

Is this in any way space related?

Paul J. Brennan
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posted 06-21-2020 11:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul J. Brennan   Click Here to Email Paul J. Brennan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Any way you can post a photo?

Georgejetson
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posted 06-22-2020 08:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Georgejetson   Click Here to Email Georgejetson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Ken Havekotte
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posted 06-22-2020 09:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Never seen it before during my lifetime as an avid space collector and most likely having nothing to do with space. Anybody else?

Paul J. Brennan
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posted 06-22-2020 10:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul J. Brennan   Click Here to Email Paul J. Brennan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Unless it's something tied to the Florida swamps, perhaps it's connected to this: Swamp to space.

usafspace
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posted 06-22-2020 11:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for usafspace   Click Here to Email usafspace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looks like new embroidery to us... never seen it before. Really don't think that it has anything to do with the Apollo Program.

(If Ken Havekotte has never seen it before, that speaks volumes. Ken really knows about space collecting, and he has been around for a very long time! Sorry Ken but we truly do respect your opinion and life long knowledge.)

Robert Pearlman
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posted 06-22-2020 12:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This may not help in clarifying the origin, but the same gator appears on this PVC Well Points patch found on eBay.

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